To bring its fashions to new markets Zara plans to roll out a global online platform With the launch the retailer will expand its efforts to 106 new markets Chain Store Age reported The new markets include many areas of Africa such as Cameroon Tanzania and Senegal The internet platform is also coming to regions of Asia and the Caribbean When it comes to languages shoppers will be able to interact with the site in both French and English The retailer plans to have curated collections for its merchandise along with a visual tour offering called stories In addition Zara plans roll out new offerings in its collections for men women and kids two times a week For payments the company plans to support major credit cards along with PayPal Orders will be fulfilled from Zaras Spanish online platform and orders will be in euros The news comes as Zaras owner and the worlds largest clothing retailer Inditex has announced that it will sell products from all of its brands online it was reported in September We want to make our fashion collections available to all of our customers wherever they are in the world even in those markets that do not currently have our brick-and-mortar stores said Chief Executive Pablo Isla The full online catalog will be operational by 2020 Inditex also noted that it will be rolling out in-store pickup of online orders to all 96 countries where it operates a physical store Apart from its best-known brand Zara Inditex is the power behind Pull Bear Massimo Dutti Bershka Stradivarius Oysho and Uterqüe a stable of stores that boast 7 500 physical shops worldwide But Zara the original fast fashion innovator is now finding itself under fire from online-only firms that target their young and hip customer base LATEST INSIGHTS Our data and analytics team has developed a number of creative methodologies and frameworks that measure and benchmark the innovation thats reshaping the payments and commerce ecosystem Check out our latest report in partnership with Visa fashion global commerce Global Payments international commerce international payments Mobile shopping News online shopping Retail Whats Hot